ROCHESTER, N.Y. Pro- Fac Cooperative, an agricultural marketing cooperative with more than 600 members nation wide, recently honored Charles Altemus of Altemus Farms in Penn Run, PA as the first recipi ent of the Hugh E. Gumming Cooperator of the Year Award. This is the top award given by the Rochester, N.Y based cooperative. In addition, Altemus Farms tied with Leonard Hoover, of Patton, Pa., for individual member recogni tion awards in the commodity they each supply to Pro-Fac - potatoes. The Cooperator of the Year Award recognizes Altemus’ sig nificant contributions to the co- LAND PRIDE EMBANKMENTS ABE MOWABLE! 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In addition to being in the top half of the membership in mem ber evaluations and operating a successful and progressive farm Pennsylvania Thomas L. Dunlap Rt. 220, Mam St Exit Jersey Shore, PA 17740 717-398-1391 Eckroth Bros Farm Equipment Rd 2, Box 24A New Rmgold, PA 17960 717-943-2131 Eckroth Equipment Co 4910 Kernsville Rd Orefield, PA 18069 610-366-2095 Hines Equipment RT 220, Belwood, PA 814-742-8171 Keller Brothers R 7 Box 405 Lebanon, PA 17042 717-949-6501 1950 Fruitville Pike Lancaster, PA 17601 717-569-2500 M.S. Yearsly & Sons West Chester, PA 610-696-2990 New Jersey Growers Honored By Pro-Fac Cooperative iwi AU Marshall Machinery, Inc. Route 652 Honesdale, PA 18431 717-729-7117 Norman D. Clark & Son, Inc. Honey Grove, PA 717-734-3682 Pikeville Equipment Inc. RD 2, Oysterdale Road Oley, PA 19547 610-927-6277 Stoltzfus Farm Service Cochranville, PA 610-593-2407 Stouffer Bros Inc. 1066 Lincoln Way West Chambersburg, PA 17201 717-263-8424 business, award criteria also includes leadership in the agri cultural industry and involve ment in community and civic activities. Altemus is on the con servation committee for the County Ag Stabilization Committee, a member of Indiana Health Care Corp, board of directors, on the adviso ry board for S&T Bank, is elder for the Harmony Presbyterian Church, and a Pro-Fac commod ity committee member. “As the first winner of this award,” said Pro-Fac general manager Steve Wright, “Charles Simmental Association Names Board The 1998 board of trustees of the ..nei jan jmenti ion, left to. , front row. Jim Logion, Cookeville, Tennessee; Tom Nelson, Wibaux. 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